Comic story
Death Masque
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"Death Masque" was an original comic story by Steve Moore that was published in The Empire Strikes Back Monthly 149. "Death Masque" was one of the few original stories published in the UK series. Unlike the other original stories, it was not reprinted in the Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds series. For over 30 years, it and the 1988 Ewoks Annual were among the only licensed Star Wars stories in any medium to never be officially released in the United States. It was finally collected in Star Wars Omnibus: Wild Space Volume 1 in 2013.
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Facts
- Title
- "Death Masque"
- Writers
- Steve Moore
- Penciller
- John Stokes
- Inker
- Howard Chaykin
- Letterer
- Jenny O'Connor
- Editor
- Paul Neary
- Publisher
- Marvel UK
- Released
- August 1981
- Published in
- The Empire Strikes Back Monthly 149
- Pages
- 14
- Timeline
- c. 3 ABY
Who turns up here
Characters: 10
- Dirk Balor (first appearance)
- Chewbacca (in a vision)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (as a Force spirit)
- Leia Organa (in a vision)
- Palpatine (indirect mention)
- Reist (first appearance)
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo (in a vision)
- Darth Vader (in a vision)
- Altin Wuho (first appearance)
Species: 4
- Human
- Nightmare demon (first appearance)
- Wookiee (in a vision)
- Rwook (in a vision)
Galaxy: 2
- Esstran sector (indirect mention)
- Lapez system (first appearance)
Starships: 5
Organizations: 3
- Galactic Empire
- Stormtrooper (in a vision)
- Rebel Alliance
Events: 3
- Clone Wars (mentioned only)
- Galactic Civil War
- Skirmish on Lapez 3 (first appearance)
Technology: 5
- Human replica droid
- Darth Vader's armor (in a vision)
- Darth Vader's lightsaber (in a vision)
- Lightsaber
- Stormtrooper armor (in a vision)
Lore: 4
- Assassin
- Dark Lord of the Sith
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Jedi Knight
Everything else: 7
- Captain
- Princess
- Imperial shuttlecraft
- C-37 computer relay (first appearance)
- Homing missile
- Neutrino grenade (first appearance, in a vision)
- Hyperspace
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